YaBeSH Digital Library: Recent submissions
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Leveraging Graph Theory Metrics for Effective Pressure Sensor Placement in Water Distribution Networks: A Minimum Steiner Tree Approach
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractEffective monitoring of water distribution networks (WDNs) is critical for ensuring operational efficiency and timely maintenance, particularly given their scale and complexity. This study introduces a graph-theoretic ... -
Addressing Practical Challenges of Stochastic Process Control for Leakage Detection in Water Distribution Networks: A Comparative Analysis
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractVarious leakage detection algorithms have been proposed in the literature to pursue prompt leakage identification in water distribution networks using sensor data. Some use stochastic process control (SPC) methods, ... -
Failure Modeling of Small and Medium-Sized Water Distribution Networks Based on a Hybrid Ranking Model
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractTo ensure water supply safety and reduce environmental impact, it is essential to conduct failure modeling on water distribution networks (WDNs) to prevent pipe failures. However, the limited and imbalanced pipe ... -
Risk-Based Water Pipe Failure Prediction through Machine Learning and Hydraulic Models
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractFailures in water transmission lines (WTLs) can cause severe disruptions, high repair costs, and extensive damage to surrounding areas. The interest in proactive management through predictive methods as a way to ... -
A Comprehensive Nash Equilibrium Framework to Model Water Distribution Networks with Variable Speed Pumps
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractIn this paper, the authors extend work on using the Nash equilibrium framework to analyze pressure-dependent models of water distribution systems with flow-control valves and pressure-control valves to the case ... -
Usage of Multisource Data through Transfer Learning to Improve Short-Term Water Demand Forecasting
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractAccurate short-term water demand forecasting is essential for the operational management of water distribution systems. Previous research on the use of machine learning approaches to improve predictive accuracy has ... -
Generalization and Analysis of Elastic Water Column Model for Hydraulic Transient Analysis of Water Distribution Systems
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractThe elastic water column model (EWCM) has been enhanced through the integration of dynamic electromechanical elements, such as pressure-reducing valves (PRVs) and pumps, facilitating advanced transient analysis of ... -
Assessing the Impact of the Operational Context of Community Water Systems on Drinking Water Quality Violations: Trends in Health-Based Violations in Rural Alaska
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractDrinking water utilities in rural Alaska are often out of compliance due to a myriad of challenges, including workforce shortages, limited financial capacity, and aging infrastructure. Water quality violations are ... -
A Method for Calculating Uphill Direction Lateral Response of Flexible Monopiles near the Slope Toe in Sand
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)Abstract Deck arch bridges are a suitable structural solution for spanning V-shaped valleys. Pile foundations at arch seats of these bridges are typically subjected to lateral loads in the uphill direction, demonstrating ... -
Predicting Drinking Water Quality Using Low-Cost Sensing: Water Aesthetics and Chemistry Strips
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractAt-home water quality test kits and aesthetic observations can report the quality of drinking water at the tap through low-cost and convenient approaches. These data are collected at low resolution and report high ... -
Enhancing Drought Resilience in Combined Surface Water and Groundwater Supply Areas with a Hedging Policy Triggered by Drought-Limited Water Level
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractTo address the increasing frequency and severity of droughts worldwide, water resource management strategies should prioritize enhancing resilience and adaptability to drought and water shortages. This paper focuses ... -
Consumer Demand Control for Contamination Impact Mitigation in Water Distribution Networks
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractAmidst the time-consuming process of conducting laboratory tests to confirm contamination incidents, utilities must promptly implement measures to mitigate the impact of potential contamination without undue ... -
Acoustic Leak Detection in Water Supply Pipelines Based on an Adaptive Multitask Model
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractWith the outstanding performance of convolutional neural networks in tasks such as image classification, data-driven deep learning models have been widely applied in the field of pipeline leak detection. Acoustic ... -
Battle of Water Demand Forecasting
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractAs part of the Battle of Water Networks competition series, the Battle of Water Demand Forecasting (BWDF) was organized in the context of the 3rd Water Distribution Systems Analysis and Computing and Control in the ... -
Evaluating Historical and Future Compliance with the 1944 US–Mexico Water Treaty under Changing Climate and Use Conditions
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractAbout half of the earth’s land surface is composed of international transboundary basins, half of which are managed by formal agreements. However, climate change, population growth, and other changing conditions ... -
Multiobjective Optimization of Groundwater Monitoring Network Based on Improved Quantum Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractA precise groundwater monitoring network (GMN) is crucial for ensuring regional groundwater quality and protecting the water environment. In this study, we expanded the search range of the quantum-behaved particle ... -
Near Real-Time Burst Detection Method Based on Multistep Forecasting Scheme and Local Residual Discrepancy
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractOnline detection of burst events based on flow time series data is an efficient and cost-effective way to monitor the water distribution system. However, the effectiveness of anomaly detection algorithms can vary ... -
Water System Cybersecurity after the Microsoft–CrowdStrike Disruption of July 2024
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Forum papers are thought-provoking opinion pieces or essays founded in fact, sometimes containing speculation, on a civil engineering topic of general interest and relevance to the readership of the journal. The views ... -
Assessing Water Supply Systems in Remote Alaska: Challenges in Piped Infrastructure, Data, and Governance in Norton Sound
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractAlaska Native communities, geographically sparse and remote, increasingly struggle to provide safe and reliable drinking water. These systems are complex and supported by an intricate web of organizations, agencies, ... -
A Novel Hydromechanical Coupling Constitutive Model for Jointed Rock Masses Informed by Compression–Shear–Seepage Tests
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)Abstract Jointed rock masses are among the most commonly encountered types of engineering rock masses and are widely found in water-rich environments. Their hydromechanical coupling behavior is extremely intricate due to ...